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Berkeley Design Automation’s Nanometer SPICE Accurate Platform Selected by Spreadtrum

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that Spreadtrum Communications, Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider with advanced technology in 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless communications standards, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform for characterization, analysis, and verification of its advanced mobile chipset platforms.

21 Aug 2013

Wayne State University Receives $200,000 Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Grant

According to the National Nano Initiative - a U.S. Government research and development initiative involving nanotechnology-related activities of 27 department and agency units - the demand for technicians and research scientists in nanotechnology-related industries is anticipated to grow significantly as nanotechnology-enabled products and processes mature.

20 Aug 2013

CNSE and CMOST Host Group of Young Women as Part of Summer NanoCamp

In furtherance of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s high-tech education and workforce training initiatives supporting nanotechnology-enabled growth across New York, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and the CNSE Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CNSE CMOST) hosted a group of young women on Friday, August 16 at the NanoCollege for the conclusion of the week-long CNSE CMOST Summer NanoCamp.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Aug 2013

Continuum-Based Approach Used to Explain Dynamics of Liquid Metal Particles at Nanoscale

Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal particles on a substrate of a nanoscale. “Numerical simulation of ejected molten metal nanoparticles liquified by laser irradiation: Interplay of geometry and dewetting,” appeared in Physical Review Letters (July 16, 2013).

16 Aug 2013

Nanoscience Specialist Named Director of Water Research Initiative

The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has named a director for its water research initiative. Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, will serve as the initiative’s director for a two-year term. His appointment became effective July 1.

14 Aug 2013

Reduced Oxygen Levels Don’t Affect Surface Properties of Complex Oxide Films During Fabrication

Better batteries, catalysts, electronic information storage and processing devices are among potential benefits of an unexpected discovery made by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists using samples isolated from the atmosphere.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 14 Aug 2013

Nanoscale Plasma Processing Seminars - co-hosted by Oxford Instruments and Cornell University

Leader in the manufacture of plasma etch and deposition systems, Oxford Instruments is continuing its successful programme of Seminars with ‘Nanoscale Plasma Processing’ at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA on ...

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 14 Aug 2013

Three New Research Papers Published by Users of Anasys nanoIR

Anasys Instruments reports on three user groups who have published peer reviewed papers where nanoIR is being applied to look at characterization challenges in semiconductors, polymers and healthcare.

13 Aug 2013

Scientists Analyze Dinosaur Fossil Eggs with Synchrotron Radiation

A team of international research scientists have carried out some very detailed synchrotron radiation examinations on fossils, using two beamlines of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) in Hamburg. The results regarding the evolution of dinosaur eggs were recently published in Nature Scientific Reports.

12 Aug 2013

Distinguished Scientists Discuss Future of Brain-Mapping Research

In a first-of-its-kind academic forum, an international audience of more than 60 distinguished scientists gathered at the University of California, San Diego to discuss the future of brain-mapping research and trans-Atlantic collaborations.

12 Aug 2013